If you had to spend the night locked in a big store, what better store than Target. That's likely what a 12-year-old boy in Columbus, Ohio, was thinking when he spent the night in a local Target store. The boy was found the following morning by a store employee.
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"The child’s parents are happy that he is safe and that he will be returning home shortly," Columbus police spokeswoman Jennifer Watson said in a statement emailed to The Columbus Dispatch.
The police don't plan on filing any charges against the parents.
Target also released a statement.
"The well-being of our guests is our top priority. Our team in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, immediately contacted law enforcement upon finding this child and cared for him until authorities arrived," Target spokesperson, Joe Unger, said in a statement shared by multiple outlets.
